"O grant me, Heaven, a middle state, Neither too humble nor too great; More than enough, for nature's ends, With something left to treat my friends."

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Source : Imitation of Horace.

David Mallet

#Humble Quotes #Heaven Quotes #Enough Quotes

“I worked at all kinds of jobs, mostly commercial editing.”
“If you have half a story and you don't know the rest, you use what you have to pry the rest out of someone.”
“I believe the most compelling explanation of Obama's actions is that he is, just like his father, an anti-colonialist.”
“I felt the unordinary romance of / women who love women for the first time.”

Source : Dionne Brand (1990). “No language is neutral”, McClelland & Stewart
“If outside forces and culture were the reasons behind declining and non-influential churches, we would likely have no churches today. The greatest periods of growth, particularly the first-century growth, took place in adversarial cultures. We are not hindered by external forces; we are hindered by our own lack of commitment and selflessness.”

Source : "“I Am A Church Member” – A Conversation with Thom Rainer". Interview with Trevin Wax, blogs.thegospelcoalition.org. April 25, 2013.
“I pick up other people's trash. I'm sort of obsessed.”
“There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very quickly.”
“Treat everyone like a gentleman, not because they are, but because you are.”

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